I'm seeking a mid-price ukulele ($250-$450) where neck meets body at 12th fret vice 14th. Any & all suggestions will be appreciated very much.
Preferred scale: tenor (9/10) or baritone (10/10).Most (but not all) sopranos do
Some (but far from all) concerts do
I've even just seen a baritone that does.
Can I ask why the 12th fret join is important to you, and what scale you prefer?
No matter the scale length, a 12th fret join will move the bridge further toward the lower bout's sweet spot.I'm not sure its that hard and fast a rule is it? There are too many other variables - like overall build, scale lengths differing etc.
The different bridge position also changes the way the soundboard moves, producing a surprising amount of power, warmth, and sustain for a smaller body style.
No matter the scale length, a 12th fret join will move the bridge further toward the lower bout's sweet spot.
Here is Taylor guitar's write-up. I quote in part:
Other write-ups on this topic are HERE, HERE, & a YouTube thingee is HERE.
Of course all these articles are written relative to guitars, but my luthier friend assures me a uke is simply a small guitar.
Yes, it will do that - all I am saying though is if you are expecting a sound difference because of it, there are also many other variables that affect tone. Not all 12th fret joined instruments are equal is what I mean. So like anything with ukes (and guitars) - if you are drilling down for one specific build feature, it doesn't follow that all instruments that employ that feature will be comparable.
But, like I said - you will find most traditional sopranos will (but not all). Some concerts do. The Bruko Tenor does too!
And what's with the 2 dots over the "u" in Brüko? How does one pronounce that there thing, anyhow?
They are German. It's an Umlaut. It signifies how the 'U' should sound. With the Umlaut it indicates the (correct) pronunciation as BROO-KOH. Without the Umlaut, it would pronounce BRUCK-OH (which would be wrong).
While Denmark is not Germany, I had a bit of german in school.
If I am not mistaken,
Bruko = brookoh
Br'u'ko = brut koh
Where you need to say brut like in the champagne.
If you don't know the french to say brut, this is of little help. Perhaps BREW-KOH is close. Well not really, but better than brookoh.
In Denmark u umlaut is how we pronounce "Y", so It is easier to explain in danish.
Weird, the danish keyboard on my phone has O umlaut and A umlaut, but no U umlaut. Probably because the others are also used in Sweden, making it more likely I will need them.
They’re nice tenors, too.Maybe look for a used Cordoba 30 series tenor?
I find it "remarkable" that there are more than a few guitars offering 12th fret join, but (evidently) very VERY few tenor or baritone ukuleles. Yet, the technical comments I have read all say that a 12th fret join offers special benefit to small body instruments. Ukes definitely do have small bodies, right? Odds fish and pip-pip, wot?!!
The Bruko tenor mystifies me as to why they emasculated their instrument with respect to body size & number of frets. And what's with the 2 dots over the "u" in Brüko? How does one pronounce that there thing, anyhow?